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Alison Lee is a former PR and marketing professional turned work-at-home mother. After a 10-year career in various PR agencies, and of the world’s biggest sports brands, Alison traded in product launches and world travel, for sippy cups, diapers, and breastfeeding. Alison's writing has been featured on Mamalode, On Parenting at The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, Everyday Family, Scary Mommy, and DrGreene.com. She is one of 35 essayists in the anthology, My Other Ex: Women’s True Stories of Leaving and Losing Friends. In 2012, she founded Little Love Media, a social media consultancy specializing in blog book tours, and because she doesn’t sleep, is an editor at BonBon Break, an online magazine. Alison lives in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with her husband and four children (two boys and boy/ girl twins).

Oh I’m laughing at the last one!!! And yep, I pretty much agree with ALL of these especially Calliou (which thank GOD my kids don’t watch anymore) sleeping a little later (never happens!!!) and anything to do with meals and my kids. Thanks for the laugh this early on a Monday.Allie recently wrote…VITA AdVentures: The Race of A Lifetime

Could not love this list more on this crazy Monday morning, where I stayed up late to watch TrueBlood on my DVR after the kids went to bed and the dog woke us up having to go out at 5:30 am. So, if I had to add one (as much as I love our dog), I would add, waking up at 5:30 am to a whining, crying dog that needs to be walked. Sorry, just the first thing that comes to my tired, sleepy Monday morning brain!Janine Huldie recently wrote…SITS Community Lead (An Announcement) – Summer of Social Love Linkup

I’m totally a morning person and don’t need any coffee or anything but the love of my children to get me moving in the morning…said no one ever 🙂Katie recently wrote…On Turning Five

June 23, 2014Bridget

Bahahaha!! Yes! Except I don’t drink coffee or tea, so I really just have to get up and at ’em. But I have a son with Autism, so I kind of don’t have a choice. I sleep with the iPad next to my bed, so when he wakes up before 7:00 am, I bribe him with the iPad until he leaves the room, and I HAVE to get up to make sure he isn’t eating cookies for breakfast (not really all THAT bad) or pizza from the garbage (eewww!)

Ha! Great list!! Being that my kids are now officially on summer break (finally!) I would add “Gee, I really miss homework and packing lunches every day.” I would also add, “Out of coffee? Oh well, caffeine is overrated anyway!” 🙂 Have a great week Alison!Lisa recently wrote…Ten Things About Dad {Tuesday Ten LinkUp}

I think that’s a pretty comprehensive list… The only thing I might add is: I just love it when I’m added to an email list without my permission…
Also: Calliou just gave me a Monday morning flashback, I can’t believe that kid is still out there, driving parents insane!Kerstin recently wrote…2008

Much to my friends’ chagrin, I used to contend that Brad Pitt was ugly, almost all through college, until I had to do a Pitt-a-thon for one of my film classes and saw Legends of the Fall. Then I understood what all the hoola-hoo was about. My friends then proceeded to make me watch Fight Club every Friday night for a month.Janice recently wrote…My Thinking Room

Haha I love the expression “said no one ever.” These are too funny. I hate cleaning the toilet. I kind of decided a few years ago that my husband makes it the most dirty, so he has to clean it. I should probably let him know that I decided this and that’s why I always avoid cleaning the toilet…tara recently wrote…i didn’t want proof

The dinner thing kills me. I used to cook for all of our friends, I grew up cooking for my family. I dreamed of creating these gorgeous, rustic and homey meals for my family. None of them eat it. All of the things my husband used to eat and swoon over have become “Can we get Chow Fun?” and my children only eat nuggets on Wednesday, pasta on alternating full moons and my hopes and dreams of a quiet meal hourly. lol

Bikini shopping is such fun!
Of course I don’t mind that the cat clawed half my face of! Poor puss is just nervous about going to the vet…Tinne from Tantrums and Tomatoes recently wrote…Crazy Cauliflower Lady Soup

HaHa – these were funny!!
I remember when my boys were little and my husband was deployed, the bedtime countdown started pretty much right after they got up from their naps!!!Kim recently wrote…What Right Does Anyone Have to Judge Us?

I can’t even tell you how much I loved this list! Except I like leftovers…if they’re good leftovers. I’ll eat them any time of day. And ironing…forget it. I never do it. It goes right back in the wash. It’s up there on my most hated chore list!Michelle recently wrote…Smoked Ribs: Backyard Barbeque Favorite

I get nine hours of sleep every night. UNINTERRUPTED.
Well that’s more “said no parent ever.”
And same with, “I exercise every day.”
Ok, that’s probably just me!Tamara recently wrote…The Passing of a Centenarian.

It’s not just you!!
Back when I was in my second trimester with #2, I DID get 9 hours of uninterrupted sleep, because my oldest was sleeping through the night, AND I didn’t have to wake up a dozen times to pee! It didn’t last long though.

My favorite part of the day is taking Cass to swim team practice at 7:30am and then coming back to get Cade ready for camp and then going back to get Cass from swim team at 9:00am, and then coming back home to get Cass ready for camp and then taking them both to camp and then picking them up an hour later to stuff lunch down their throats, clean up and then take them back to camp for another two hours where I may or may not get out of my pjs and then pick them up from camp and feed them again because they are “STARVING” and then hear them complain that there is nothing to do…

I love the last one: I LOVE reading about others’ workouts on Facebook. How much weight they lost, all those selfies…Yep. Gets me really motivated for my day! LOL. Have a great one! Visiting from SITS.Elizabeth recently wrote…Italian Parmesan Steak Fries

This is absolutely true. Who says that stuff? I laughed out loud at the ironing one. Laundry stresses me out enough as it is. (I have fallen behind again.) I can’t imagine how it would be if I actually ironed anything. I don’t even know if my iron still works. 🙂Kim recently wrote…Big 10

All of these are true for me, especially making dinner, ironing..oh how I loathe ironing. Of course I’m married to a psycho iron king who irons his freaking white t-shirts. He loves to look at me when I put jeans on and ask, “do you want me to iron those?” -uhm, no they’re jeans. “Do you really want to look like a wrinkle worm?” uhhhhhhh…lol who hates cupcakes?! Impossible! When I got this emailed I didn’t see the memes- lol I love the dinner oneRebecca recently wrote…Why My Son Will Never Know My Mother

Oh yes..he has asked me to iron many times before, but each time he re-irons it because apparently I’m not nearly as skilled as he is. He’s a perfectionist, be careful what you wish for! lolRebecca recently wrote…Stupid Shoes

I'm Alison. Writer, a mother of four (two boys and boy/ girl twins), social media enthusiast and book lover. A believer in the power of chocolate and hugs. Chugging coffee as I type. Want to know more?